Don’t Count On Intelligence
Customer: “How much is this? I’m kind of bad at math.”
Me: “Sure. It comes to $10.20.”
(The customer hands me a $10 bill.)
Customer: “Here you go.”
Me: “All right, I need at least twenty more cents.”
Customer: “Oh… all right.”
(The customer puts down five pennies.)
Customer: “Is that enough?”
Me: “Fifteen more cents.”
(The customer puts down a dime.)
Me: “All right, you have $10.15 now.”
(The customer puts down five more pennies, but takes away the $10 bill.)
Me: “All right, you have the right amount of change. But I need that $10 bill.”
Customer: “But this is twenty!”
Me: “Twenty cents. And your total is $10.20.”
Customer: “Oh, I get it.”
(The customer hands me a $1 bill.)
Me: “I’ll need that $10 bill you had before.”
(The customer gives me the $10 bill and begins to take away the 20 cents.)
Me: “Wait… actually, no, you’re good. That’s the right amount.”
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